Tanzeela Majeed Blog

How does life look like when things are going well?

You feel light - things just happen pretty easily during the day.
You feel happy - Everyone around you also seems to be happy and everyone’s getting along.
You feel grateful - When you look to the people around you, you’re intensely grateful to have them.

What about when you're in the thick of the pain?
When the burden feels unbearable?
When you literally can't see the end of the tunnel?

At times like this, it's dark.

Pitch dark.

It can be so …

My husband had to use his briefcase bag for his new laptop until the laptop bag arrived. When I looked inside it, although it’s a lovely bag, I saw how oversized it was.

It's definitely better than having no protection for the laptop at all, but once we’re out and about, if he needs to take it outdoors all the extra room would leave the new laptop unprotected. It may begin to loosen at the spine where the screen joins the keyboard. (I’m calling it a spine but I think you might know what I mean!…

I've got a little thought experiment for you today…

What would you do if you bumped into a friend whilst walking down the street and she had her little 6 month old baby with her in a pushchair?

I’m guessing you’d say salaam to your friend and instantly turn to the baby, say coochy coo and interact with the baby. (or however you do your coochy coo-ing!).

Maybe you’d ask to pick up the baby to hold her, or start playing with her.
And if it’s a newborn, you’d probably ignore your friend and meet …

What kind of parents will we be when our kids are married and move on to start their own family?

How many times have we heard of marriages where the in-laws play a hand in the issues the marriage is facing?

I'm sure neither of us want to be such in-laws - may Allah protect us.

Many many years ago, a friend once shared a scary thought with me.

As she and I are both homeschoolers (including outwith Covid times), we have been with our children most of their lives. Had they gone to school, they …

When we start physically decluttering our house, it feels great!

The tidy rooms, the clear surfaces and the bigger spaces bring a sense of light airiness into our homes.

Well, that’s until someone comes along and plonks their unopened letters on a newly cleared kitchen worktop! 😊

As frustrating as it might be to see some letters lying on top of all the effort you put in, you might decide to leave them there so you can get others to take responsibility and put their own belongings where they s…

A couple of years ago, we had intended to buy a certain car. It was just what we needed; more space in the back for the kids and their growing bodies, bigger boot space and of course, it wasn't a rust bucket 😊

(If you're on my email list, you'll remember the rust bucket!)

However, I asked our trusted family member who knows more about cars than everyone else put together! And he came up with another plan... A plan which meant the car I had been thinking of getting was now simply not going to h…